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| MAIN GLOSSARY | GLOSSARY OF wood | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z DELFTWARE Dutch ceramics quickly showed the influence of Chinese blue-and-white porcelains. DEMILUNE Half round in plan, as in a console or commode. DENTIL A rectangular cubic form, which resembles a tooth, aligned in rows with intervening spaces to form ?dentil moldings,? usually found below projecting cornices in Classical Architecture. DIRECTOIRE (1789-1804) French style used to designate three periods of government directly following the French Revolution: Revolution 1789-1795, Directoire 1793-1799, Consulate 1799-1804. Directoire was a simpler design with straight lines speciously adorned with symbols of the Revolution; arrows, pikes, triangles, wreaths were the motif of the day. Straight lines with restrained classic double curves; the swan, lyre and stars were the index of decorative motifs. Woods were more often painted, native fruitwood, walnut, and oak than mahogany. DORIC The primary Greek order of architecture. Heavy columns with simple details yield a sense of structural value. DOVETAIL Referring to the right-angled joinery held together by interlocking trapazoidal shaped tenons. From the 18th Century the highest quality furniture construction made use of lapped dovetail, joinery which allowed the details of the construction to show only on the inside of the Carcass. DUCHESSE-BRISE In contrast to the chaise-long, the duchesse?brise consisted of a principal bergere, a central tabouret and a low bergere-like foot designed to fit together to form a chaise. Some examples have no tabouret, the foot having been elongated instead. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |